The Avenues (gang)

The Avenues (gang)

Infobox Criminal organization
name =Avenues


caption =
founded on =1930's
founding location =Los Angeles
territory =Los Angeles, Highland Park, Cypress Park, Glassell Park and Eagle Rock
ethnic makeup =Mexican
membership est =
criminal activities =Murder, Assault, Drug trafficking, Racketeering, Motor vehicle theft, Robbery, Extortion, Burglary, Vandalism and Theft
allies =
rivals =Tooner Ville Rifa 13, MS-13, Armenian Power, Bloods and Crips

The Avenues, also known as Avenidas or AVE's, is a Mexican street gang based in North East Los Angeles that formed in the 1930s. The Avenues are under the direct control of the Mexican Mafia.

History

The Avenues gang has been the target of a series of landmark prosecutions by the Federal government and by Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney Anthony Manzella. Members of The Avenues have recently been prosecuted under the Federal Hate Crimes Statute for using violence and intimidation to drive all African-Americans out of the territories it controls. Several of these trials are related in Tony Rafael's true crime bestseller The Mexican Mafia. The Avenues claim Highland Park, Cypress Park, Glassell Park and Eagle Rock as its turf. A portion of Glassell Park between Fletcher Drive and the Glendale Freeway has been controlled by the Avenues for many years, and even the police have found it hard to get a foothold there. [The Avenues gang's long, violent history - By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, February 22, 2008 ] The Avenues took their name from the fact that the streets in the area are called "Avenue 53" and "Avenue 54". [ [http://www.glendalepolicefoundation.org/news/news.htm Foundation News ] ] The Avenues main enemies are Highland Park 13 and Tooner Ville Rifa 13.

References

See also

*Mexican Mafia
*Tooner Ville Rifa 13
*List of California street gangs

ource

*Tony Rafael, The Mexican Mafia, Encounter Books, 2007.


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